1. Vocabulary Notebook Week 2

2. Hello! Happy Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 I hope your weekend was fabulous! Today, we will take a look at the vocabulary words to know for this Friday’s quiz. Please make sure each definition is in your ELA folder.

3. TermDefinitionExamples RefrainA word or group of words repeated at intervals in poetry for a desired effect. And she walked And she talked And she laughed with me. Compound SentenceTwo independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction and a comma. Jack walked, but I ran. Coordinating Conjunction A word that links two phrases or independent clauses together. For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS) Independent ClauseA group of words containing a subject and a verb that can “stand alone”. Jack walked. Dependent ClauseA group of words that do not form a complete thought and can’t “stand alone”. For a thousand years

4. TermDefinitionExamples Graphic ElementsCapital letters, line length, and word position, also called the “shape” of the poem Diamonte Poem Acrostic Poem Haiku StanzaA group of two or more lines in a poem. The groups of words are divided into “stanzas”. The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking Over the harbor and city EpitaphA statement written in praise or reflecting the life of a deceased person. 'He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world.'